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Wandsworth 1890
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth District, The Board of Works (Clapham, Putney, Streatham, Tooting & Wandsworth)]
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PUTNEY & EOEHAMPTON.
Population.
The census population of 1891, no doubt,
approximates very closely the actual population existing
in the middle of the year 1890. The census population
will therefore he taken as the basis for calculation in the
following tables. As was conjectured, the census
population was very much in excess of the estimated
population. That is to say, the rate of increase of the
population has been greater durinsr the last ten years
than during the previous inter-censal period. The population
at the four last census periods was as follows: —
1861 6,481
1871 9,438
1881 13,221
1891 17,771
Births and
Birth-rate.
During the year 453 births were registered,
224 males and 229 females. This is equivalent
to a birth-rate of 25.4 per 1,000 per annum, which is the
highest birth-rate we have had for seven years.
TABLE I
Birth and Death Rates.
| YEARS. | Births. | Birth-rate. | Deaths from all Causes. | Death-rate. | Bate of Natural Increase. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1881 | 340 | 25.5 | 167 | 12.5 | 12.9 |
| 1882 | 361 | 26.3 | 208 | 15.1 | 11.1 |
| 1883 | 349 | 24.7 | 224 | 17.1 | 7.6 |
| 1884 | 377 | 25.3 | 199 | 13.7 | 11.6 |
| 1885 | 322 | 21.7 | 167 | 11.2 | 10.4 |
| 1886 | 352 | 23.1 | 179 | 11.8 | 11.2 |
| 1887 | 349 | 22.3 | 196 | 12.5 | 9.8 |
| 1888 | 366 | 22.9 | 187 | 11.7 | 11.2 |
| 1889 | 376 | 23.0 | 182 | ???.1 | 11.9 |
| 1890 | 463 | 25.4 | 234 | 13.1 | 12.3 |